Friday, September 20, 2013

Midnight Rider's Book Blitz!

“Gather ‘round people and you shall hearabout a bunch of bullshit that is clear.

Of riders and horses and monsters too;your parents lied - they can still get you.Hardly anyone who was there is aliveto dispel the rumor, uncover the lies,but there was more than one man who rode that
dayand more than just Redcoats who got in their
way.”

Along the way, Longfellow lost something in his
translation it seems.

Everyone has heard of the French and Indian War
and the American Revolution. However, they have not heard about them this way!
The American founding fathers had a lot more to deal with at the end of the
18th century than tariffs and tea; avoiding hurled trees from Wendigos and
gargoyles falling from the sky took a lot of patience. How is Samuel Prescott
supposed to hunt the leader of the Rippers when the British keep infringing
upon the colonists’ rights?

Excerpt:

Boone was
sure he heard Revere scream as the zombie Forbes charged at them. On his way,
Forbes took a nice hearty bite out of an off duty soldier who happened to be
nearby. “Grullarrk,” the soldier said clearly before falling to the ground.

Forbes
Zombie was fast. A hell of a lot faster than Forbes was in real life. How the heck did that work out, Boone
wondered. Oh well. He unslung his double-barreled reverse musket, an invention
of Revere; the guy was good for something,
thought Boone as he fired and turned his former commanding officer’s head into
a floating cloud of red mist. He then flipped the release on his musket, spun
the barrels so that the fired barrel faced back and the loaded faced forward,
and he vaporized the downed soldier’s head as well just to be sure. He wasn't about to let any zombies rise on his watch.

“Everybody
to the wall,” Fraser ordered. It seemed that Boone’s gunfire and the shrieking
had alerted the remaining werewolves, who were apparently done feasting on the
French and wanted to upgrade to a little English breakfast.

“No -
vampires are just a myth. But dragons, dragons will fuck your shit up,” said
George Washington.

Author Bio:

Pete Clark likes writing, animals, potato chips,
and cheese. Midnight Riders is his first published novel, although he can also
proudly say he finally finished Helix Crashing, the fantasy novel he has been
working on for over a decade. In addition, he has written Across the Barren
Landscape, a collection of linked Western short stories. He also writes plays,
both dramatic and comedic. When he is not writing, Pete tends to ignore
everyone around him and obsess over sports.